Home Distiller

I must admit i prefer my home made stuff to the real deal, I don't like the real stuff never did

Just finished a write up that might intrest you guys, went a bit OTT on pics and video

http://www.instructables.com/id/Tenness ... k-Daniels/

ok so I got this thing off and I was curious and thought I would clear some things up for people, this is NOT a gps tracker, that would require a power supply for one, it is an RFID tag for asset management. they can not track you to your house because this works at very low range, thing of the alar...

I just wrenched it off, its an asset tracker, just an RFID tag so low range

I think it might be an RFID tag for asset tracking, only works at close range e.g within about 20cm

Believe that is a gps locator. Was your keg legally acquired? yeah it was, it was originally bought from a cash and carry by a working mens social club, I then bought it off them for a donation to the club. As it wasn't purchased from a brewery I'm not sure why it would have a gps, I will use a mir...

Take out the spear and use it as a fermenter. Cleaning really isn't the issue some make it out to be. Oxyclean is a wonderful thing. I have a couple that I cut the top off to use as fermenters, regret that move now. Should have left them unmolested. if you hadn't cut the top off you could have repu...

it is stainless steel for sure i got it right here, its a 55L same as my boiler

I am picking up a keg later someone got for me, i'm not 100% sure if it is stainless steel or not.

I Already have one as a boiler for my still so my question is what should I do with the other keg?

I was thinking of cutting the top off and using it to cook mash in, any other suggestions

ok so i'm not too far off, I havn't added the yeast yet so I will leave it overnight and see if the SG goes up, I have no way of checking for remaining starches unfortunatly So i will just have to wait and see. either way I will pitch the yeast tomorrow

FYI the SG of the mash I have just done with the longer cook time is 1.050

so what would you guys expect the SG to be on an All Grain mash?

Jimbo wrote:Lol. I'll be cheap if you'll be sleazy, I mean easy. We can trade next week.

JD is oaked neutral after that charcoal treatment. Filtered gallons thru my liver. No more..... Except in coke. Lol. Still love me a JD and coke.

thats basically what my mates want it for JD and coke

another point is it gives newbies a bench mark to improve on, the only reference point a newbie has is what you can buy, until you have made some stuff yourself that is better, as a newbie you are in the dark and dont know any different.

I wasn't asking for your opinion, there are people out there that actually like it..... that being said I don't like it either to be honest but I am making it for some friends

Yeah i kinda got that they wont give everything away which is why I have been reading loads of stuff on this forum and the parent site. but I was near enough there already, just needed to adjust my cooking time, but when I have finished cooking all the batches and get the liquids off and check the S...

Ok i have just finished cooking the first batch and with the longer cook time its noticeably thicker, which is the starches i know that ;-), I was surprised how quick the enzymes in the barley malt work, I added them gradually and as I was stirring it was getting thinner and less mash like. awesome....

ok this is cool thanks for the replies. so it looks like my main mistake was to not hold it at the top temp for long enough, basically I was following what I saw on a video from the jack daniels distillery, they didn't mention holding the temp there. I will try it again today. by the way my starting...

Hi guys, I need some advice, i'm not sure if I did this correctly or not heres my recipe which is a typical one 80% corn (5200g) 12% barley malt (800g) 8% rye (500g) I'm using a 25L fermenter, I dont have a large enough pot to cook all the mash in one go so i did it in 4 batches, I cooked the corn u...

OK the reason the gin goes cloudy is that in the ABV you have not all the oils remain dissolved and those that are no longer dissolved become an emulsion with the water. The solution is to run your still in such a way that your output is at the ABV you want to bottle your product. When you do this ...

frozenthunderbolt wrote: you can add some more neutral so there is less oils per unit of alcohol, slight drop in flavour, but may well fix your problem

not a bad idea as long as it doesnt affect the flavour too much, might give that a go

Druss wrote:what if you add the infusion slowly after mixing the water to alcohol ratio of your choice?

its vapour infused so thats not possible

frozenthunderbolt wrote: Gin that is cloudy when you add water to it is due to the oil content of the herbs and spices used. It is the 'Louche'

so effectively there's nothing i can do about it

With water and spirits the same temperature you should be able to slowly add spirits to the water, allowing it to gradually become miscible, the chance of clouding is greatly minimized... However, if there are excessive heads or tails in the mix all bets are off... maybe that's the cause too much h...

as i expected it made no difference

it seems to happen with a low amount of water as well, I added 100ml water to 650ml of spirit and it still went cloudy.

I will try it the other way around but that doesn't make sense, in fact I will try it now

well i dont drink gin but i have done both steeped and infused and the people i gave them to all prefer the infused, it seems to give more flavours. I am very pleased with how it has turned out being the first vapour infused gin i have ever done. the people I gave it to have said it is very close to...

I have had a lot of people asking me if i make Gin, now I dont drink it so it wasnt something I intended to make so I did some research and tried a few experiements which mostly failed, such as making essences. I have made a steeped gin as well but I havnt done a write up for it like i did with this...

I am glad you made something you enjoy. Thats the fun of any recipe. Small changes that make it special to your tastes. Note that she uses "pure vanilla extract". The vanilla bean is great but may not be as concentrated. Imatation vanilla does not work. I wonder if vanilla flavor can boil...